Art Director & Owner, Heather Parlato Graphic Services
Greater Los Angeles Area
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- creative director & owner at parlato design studio
- Past
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- member at Echo Park Chamber of Commerce
- senior graphic designer at earthlink
- theatrical production at BLT & Associates
- art director at natpe
- graphic designer and iris printer at muse [x] editions and imaging
- graphic production artist at electronic publishing specialists, inc.
- Education
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- University of California, Los Angeles
- u.s. grant high school
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Heather Parlato’s Summary
Coming from a family full of creative professionals, I was exposed to art and design at an early age. I got my start at a service bureau doing graphic production, drum scanning, color correcting, and film output for 4-color printing, which gave me a strong production background and technical understanding of all the factors that go into producing a great finished piece. From there, I went on to become the in-house designer for a non-profit television association, NATPE, where I was promoted to art director. As the only in-house designer, I was able to plan all levels of creative production, take all types of print projects from concept to completion, prepare exhibition graphics for their annual conference & exhibition, and redevelop their identity and brand materials. I also spent some time at BLT where I adapted key art for major films into full ad campaigns [magazine, newspaper, outdoor & environmental]. Most recently, I was a senior graphic designer for EarthLink, which allowed me to develop fresh looks for new products as well as uphold longstanding brand identity for existing services.
For more than 10 years, I have maintained a freelance practice, which is what I am dedicated to full-time now. It has always been my goal to work on a variety of projects that allow for new ideas to drive great design, and now I have that opportunity in my full-service print design studio.
Heather Parlato’s Specialties:
Mastery of current versions of QuarkXpress, Adobe Creative Suite and working knowledge of all other mainstream graphic software on a Mac platform. Basic Web skills with both hand coding, Dreamweaver and ImageReady. Complete understanding of Macintosh operating systems [Classic and OS X]. Quick to learn any new software. Extensive knowledge of printing process and graphic production. Comfortable working directly with all levels of management, clients and vendors.
Heather Parlato’s Experience
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creative director & owner
parlato design studio
(Graphic Design industry)
April 1996 — Present (13 years 4 months)
A Los Angeles-based graphic design studio specializing in print design for brochures, sales kits, catalogs, music packaging, promotional materials, event collateral, publications, ad campaigns, logo & identity materials, stationery packages, brand development, exhibition graphics, web graphics, email graphics & online ads, direct mail, newsletters and print procurement services. Please see heatherparlato.com for a complete list of clients and services.
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member
Echo Park Chamber of Commerce
(Graphic Design industry)
2007 — 2009 (2 years)
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senior graphic designer
earthlink
(Public Company; 501-1000 employees; ELNK; Internet industry)
August 2005 — November 2007 (2 years 4 months)
As a senior print designer, I worked with the print team to create fresh looks for new products as well as uphold longstanding brand identity for existing services. Projects encompass brochures, magazine ads, posters, in-store displays, product packaging and many times work together as full campaigns for new products and services.
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theatrical production
BLT & Associates
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)
October 2003 — August 2005 (1 year 11 months)
As a Theatrical Production Artist in a full-service entertainment design and advertising firm, I adapt key art for film and television through to all secondary stages of print promotion and publicity including magazine and newspaper campaigns, outdoor billboards and full-fledged transit station domination campaigns. Primary clients include Paramount, Miramax, Warner Bros., HBO, CNN and ABC.
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art director
natpe
(Non-Profit; 11-50 employees; Broadcast Media industry)
1994 — 1999 (5 years)
As the Art Director for this non-profit television association, I brought several diverging resident styles of print, online and promotional vehicles into a cohesive corporate identity and brand strategy for optimum industry presence while meeting the budgetary constraints of a changing economy. I conceived and executed creative for all printed matter and online concepts including ad campaigns, industry publications, newsletters, brochures and large-format trade show graphics. In addition, I photographed all seminars and special events, managed production artists, freelance designers and print production, collaborated with all freelance designers and copywriters, and wrote advertising copy.
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graphic designer and iris printer
muse [x] editions and imaging
(Printing industry)
November 1996 — June 1998 (1 year 8 months)
As in-house Graphic Designer and Iris Printer, my responsibilities included graphic design and production of all gallery-related print materials, collaboration and consultation with digital artists, digital retouching, color correction, fine art and commercial Iris printing, Iris maintenance, management of assistant Iris printers and client/vendor relations. Extensive knowledge of fine art papers, inks and archival processes.
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graphic production artist
electronic publishing specialists, inc.
(Printing industry)
October 1994 — November 1996 (2 years 2 months)
EPS was a full-service prepress studio where I provided graphic design services, drum scanning, color correction and retouching for litho as well as art-quality Iris [ink jet] and LightJet [photographic] prints. Additional responsibilities included client and artist liaison, print and prepress consultation, 4-color film separation, project management and customer relations.
Heather Parlato’s Education
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University of California, Los Angeles
B.A. , French Literature
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u.s. grant high school
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Heather Parlato’s Interests:
music, wine, diy projects, snowboarding, reading, writing, kickboxing, cycling, design research, art events, typeface design, canning, gardening, photography
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